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69 Camaro daily driver
Dude drives it everywhere year round in Idaho. I know my Dad did it for several years in MN in the early 70s, but I’m trying to imagine driving in a blizzard on Polyglas tires.
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I bought a '67 Camaro in 1971 and drove it in the winter for 2 years. 3.08 posi rear helped and polyglass snow tires. That car went thru crap my dad's '67 C10 wouldn't go thru.
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Mitch 1970 Chevelle SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Camaro ss/rs 1938 Business coupe, street rod 2000 FXSTS, original owner, 13k miles |
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I drove my ‘69 442 Post car winter 80/81 then ‘70 ‘Velle the next year, both worked awesome w/ snow tires. Sounds dumb now but everything was cheap and plentiful then, I’d paid $200 for the original engine 442 and drove it home also only $45 for the ‘Velle Coupe w/ 307-T350 and 57,000 original miles! Crazy times, take me back… ~ Pete .
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In a weird way, I don’t know if I should applaud this act or cringe at it?
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Dave Dykstra 1968 Camaro Palomino Ivory/Ivy Gold interior -Delivered to Courtesy Chevrolet, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Corvette Grand Sport 60th Anniversary -Delivered to Bill Jacobs Chevrolet, Joliet, IL NCRS#66003 “Education is what you get when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don’t.”-Pete Seeger Dykstra Motorsports |
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The roof rack is the best part. I wonder if he has a trailer hitch as well. I drove my 69 Camaro conv through college in Rochester NY and even with the non posi rear it did really well in the snow. I always thought those cocktail shakers helped get weight out over the corners which aided traction.
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My university car was a '69 340 Swinger....snow tires,block heater and two 50 lbs. bags of sand in the trunk....no problems!
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Ski racks, they clamp on the rail. Very popular with the swinging skiers back then. The Camaro I had, I bought from an avid skier who was on a rescue patrol, so he got free room every weekend at the resort at Lutsen, MN. My rails had plenty of scuffs from those racks getting put on every fall. Car had 100k on it at 4 years old... we drove 'em back then...
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Below pics how some of us here in the snow belt got around as kids in the winters before we had our own cars. New boots didn’t last long also you had to be careful your mitts didn’t stay stuck to bumpers when you let go. ~ Pete .
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Bumper hitching...
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